Luis Sepúlveda
Chilean writer (1949-2020) · Chile · On the map · Writers · Died at 70
Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the 1970s.
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Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez Luis directed Nowhere (2002)
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Miguel Littin Directed Tierra del fuego (2000)
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Rolf de Heer Directed The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)
Vittorio Cecchi Gori Produced Lucky and Zorba (1998)
Enzo D’Alò Directed Lucky and Zorba (1998)
Rita Rusić Produced Lucky and Zorba (1998)
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Sepúlveda authored numerous poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, the language in which he wrote his first novel, El viejo que leía novelas de amor.
